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Cyathea

sago fern

Other common names
tree fern
Synonyms

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Botanical details
Family
Cyatheaceae
Native to the UK
No
Potentially harmful
Genus

Cyathea

Genus description

Cyathea are evergreen tree ferns, but may be deciduous in cold areas, the rhizome forming an erect trunk clothed in fibrous roots, bearing large, pinnately-divided fronds with scaly stalks, in a rosette at the top

Name status

Correct

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